The Byzantine commonwealth
Subtitle: Eastern Europe, 500-1453
By: Dimitri Obolensky.
Series: History of civilization; History of civilization (Phoenix Press)
Publisher: Phoenix Press; Phoenix; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 445
ISBN-13: 9781842120194
Subjects: Europe, Eastern -- History.
Description: xvi, 445 p., [64] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-414) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword … xv; title: Introduction … 1; title: ◦; title: 1. The Geographical Setting … 5; title: 2. Barbarians in the Balkans … 42; title: 3. The Balkans in the Ninth Century:  the Byzantine Recovery … 69; title: 4. The Balkans in the Tenth Century:  the Crisis of Imperialism … 102; title: 5. Byzantium and East-Central Europe … 134; title: 6. The Black Sea Coast, the Eurasian Steppe and Russia … 164; title: 7. The Bonds of the Commonwealth … 202; title: 8. Byzantium and Eastern Europe in the Late Middle Ages … 237; title: 9. Factors in Cultural Diffusion … 272; title: 10. Religion and Law … 291; title: 11. Literature and Art … 322; title: ◦; title: Epilogue … 362; title: Notes … 371; title: Bibliography … 385; title: Index … 415